Hiv And Vitamins

Hi i contracted hiv about a year ago...and im currently on atripla...my viral load is low...basically i wanna know is it okay to take antioxicants with the meds, to better improve my health and is it okay to take a safe compound to help me build...

...controlled trial of 1,078 HIV-positive women who received either: vitamin A (5,000 IU) and beta-carotene (30 mg); B-complex vitamins and vitamins C and E; a multivitamin and vitamin A; or placebo. In a group of 594 women, the proportion of...
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...unfortunately a constraint. We would have loved to be able to prescribe it. So it could be varying doses. Because not all vitamins have what they are supposed to have. It's an unregulated business. That's absolutely true. We recommended that...
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...a result of high HIV viral load and advanced disease rather than a cause. In a parallel study, they randomized women to multivitamins or placebo and found that multivitamins actually increased vaginal shedding of HIV and did not affect the HIV...
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...association with any particular HIV drug or drug class. (It also didn't find a link between low vitamin D levels and low bone mineral density, which conflicts with some previous study results -- and suggests that while vitamin D may be an...
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...I read in an HIV magazine in a study of persons with HIV that those on a mega multivitamin regime had a much higher % had greater longevity and better health than those not taking them (they did have CD4 counts under
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...thigh) for more than a week. As far as my viral load goes, I am undetectable, but how common are skin infections in people with HIV? Should I be seen by a doctor? Any replies will be appreciated.
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